SGSSS Launches New Podcast On Interdisciplinarity: When Disciplines Meet
When Disciplines Meet is SGSSS’s new podcast series, launched in January 2026, exploring interdisciplinarity as it relates to the grand challenges that the social science research sector continues to contend with. Listeners can access all five episodes on the SGSSS website or through their usual podcast platform. When Disciplines Meet is hosted by interdisciplinary researcher and Scottish Influencer of the Year 2024/25, Laura Anderson, and featuring the following guests from across the Scottish research landscape.
- Episode One: Do We Need Disciplines? with Dr Rachel Shanks, Dr Lisa Bradley and Professor John Holmwood
- Episode Two: Interdisciplinarity and PhDs with Blessing Bulaun, Jivantika Satyarthi and João Magalhães
- Episode Three: The Drugs Deaths Challenge with Moira MacKenzie, Dr Catriona Connell and Dr Richard Lowrie
- Episode Four: Fuelling Homes with Professor Mette High and Professor Ken Gibb
- Episode Five: AI and the Future of Disciplines with Professor Monika Harvey, Sabeehah Mahomed, and Dr Vassilis Galanos
